This message is from: "Anneli Sundkvist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Here in Sweden, there is a company that makes turn-out blankets for horses that suffer from sweet itch. The blankets cover the horses completly and the material is a water-proof and but 'breathes'. But, is there really a way to cure sweet itch? I thought that alltough the sickness only occur in certain environments (which is the reason why sweet itch is pretty common in Icelandic horses, but there are no cases in Iceland), it is a disease that is in the horse's genes. I think that Shetland pony stallions that suffers from sweet itch will have they breeding license withdrawn here. Regards Anneli ***************************************************** Anneli Sundkvist Department of Archaeology & Ancient History Uppsala University St. Eriks Torg 5 S-753 10 Uppsala Sweden Phone: +46-18-4712082 (dept.) +46-18-553627 (home)
